1953 Mattancherry shootout

Mattancherry shootout
Date15 September 1953
Location

The Mattancherry shootout called locally as the Mattancherry Kalaapam, was a police shootout that happened on 15 September 1953, involving the port workers demanding the removal of the then port recruitment chappa system and pointing out (which also existed in other places in India and elsewhere, it was "calling-on" in London) and the local police. Three people were killed, they were CX Antony, Said, and Saithali who were 21, 22 and 23 years old respectively. The major protests began on 1 September and ended with the shootout.

The 2023 Malayalam film Thuramukham is based on the protests.[citation needed]

References

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  5. ↑ "Book on history of Mattancherry firing released". The Hindu. 15 September 2020. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  6. ↑ Cris (4 March 2023). Shaji, Sukanya (ed.). "The barbaric chappa system and the history of Kochi's port labourers' mutiny". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.